Elan has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
"they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"
"he felt a kind of religious zeal"
2
distinctive and stylish elegance
"he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
3
enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness
"a performance of great elan and sophistication"
4
ardor or zeal inspired by passion or enthusiasm.
"The ELAN galaxy is so distant that its light takes billions of years to reach us."
5
Acronym of enormous Lyman-alpha nebula.
Example Sentences
"they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"
noun
"he felt a kind of religious zeal"
noun
"he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
noun
"a performance of great elan and sophistication"
noun
Broader Terms (hypernyms)